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October 2007: In May 2004, the Security Council asked the Secretary-General to establish, as soon as possible, an international commission of inquiry, as recommended by the commission of inquiry of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and requested by the Ivorian Government, in order to investigate all human rights violations committed in the country since 19 September 2002, and determine responsibility.
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Cote d'ivoire: Independent Commission of Inquiry
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NAME OF MECHANISM
Independent Commission of Inquiry
YEARS OF OPERATION
April 2004
MANDATE AND OPERATIONS
Mandate: Appointed UN Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights (Bertrand Ramacharan) to establish the facts and responsibilities on alleged atrocities, which were committed on 25 and 26 March 2004 in Abidjan.
Staff: 3 members
LATEST UPDATE
Report submitted to UN Security Council and recommends prosecutions, reforms, and the establishment of a TRC.
October 2007: In May 2004, the Security Council asked the Secretary-General to establish, as soon as possible, an international commission of inquiry, as recommended by the commission of inquiry of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and requested by the Ivorian Government, in order to investigate all human rights violations committed in the country since 19 September 2002, and determine responsibility. This International Commission of Inquiry was established by the OHRCH, in Accordance with the Linas Marcousis Accord (agreement on power sharing and peace settlement negotiated in France ) in July 2004, for 3 months, with a staff of 5 members.
Although Cote d’Ivoire had not yet ratified the Rome Statute, in January 2005 the government asked the International Criminal Court to conduct investigations. Subsequently, in February 2005, the government of the Cote d’Ivoire sent a declaration accepting the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court . [ICTJ News]